Request for Information (RFI) for Site Development Partnerships at NASA Langley Research Center
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NASA Langley Research Center is issuing Request for Information LARC-RFI-2026/2027 to identify industry, academic, and non-federal government partners for the development of the NASA Langley Aerospace Innovation District Hub in Hampton, Virginia. The initiative focuses on the lease and development of approximately 325 acres across seven developable parcels, with an additional 150 acres available that have specific environmental and archaeological constraints. NASA aims to establish a dynamic ecosystem for aerospace innovation, prioritizing national interests in hypersonics, payload processing, autonomous systems for regional air mobility, and large-scale simulation facilities for Lunar and Mars operations. Potential uses also include academic consortium gateways, renewable energy farms, and visitor housing. Partnerships may be structured through Enhanced Use Leases, National Historic Preservation Act leases, or Space Act Agreements. Interested entities are expected to take full responsibility for financing, tenant recruitment, and infrastructure maintenance while adhering to federal environmental laws and NASA's historic preservation agreements. Initial expressions of interest were due by July 31, 2026, and an Industry Day is scheduled for September 22, 2026. The RFI period officially closes on June 30, 2027, after which NASA may issue formal Announcements for Proposal to evaluate specific development concepts.
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Hampton, VA, 23681, USASet-Aside
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Over nearly two decades, NASA Langley has been consolidating its operational footprint into its central campus, freeing significant acreage for future development. The Center has identified approximately 325 acres across seven developable parcels for potential lease opportunities, along with an additional 150 acres across two parcels that carry environmental and archaeological considerations that limit level of development possible on them. NASA seeks ideas for potential future uses of all parcels as part of this RFI.
NASA seeks interest and ideas from industry, academia, and other non-federal government entities to lease and develop the NASA Langley AID Hub in whole or in part. This interest should be from entities aligned to long-term operations of the NASA Langley Aerospace Innovation District (AID) Hub, which NASA is establishing to enable and grow private sector and intergovernmental participation in Langley's mission in support of NASA's Ignition priorities to ensure American space superiority.
Initial ideas for developing the land include, but are not limited to, facilities and infrastructure development that support:
• National priorities in hypersonics, and efficient and secure interagency and international collaboration for aerospace technology development.
• NASA’s missions and priorities through accelerated research, development, testing and evaluation of aerospace products, payload processing for space payloads, airborne testing of scientific payloads, autonomous systems capabilities for regional air mobility, and Lunar/Mars large-scale integrated simulation facilities for east coast operations.
• Langley’s institutional needs through a publicly accessible gateway complex for academic consortium and international collaboration, public access to the history and natural beauty of the property, renewable energy farms, and temporary housing for visitors, foreign nationals, and students.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Initial Expressions of Interest - July 31 2026
Initial Industry Day - September 2026
Closing of RFI - June 30, 2027
UPDATES AS OF July 30, 2026
Industry day: September 22, 2026
RFI Closing Date changed to June 30, 2027 (Initial Expressions of Interest remains July 31 2026)
Industry Day Flyer uploaded (Includes RSVP instructions)
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